Strong’s H3861 · Hebrew
לָהֵן
lâhên
law-hane'
Definition
therefore; also except
Etymology
(Aramaic) corresponding to H3860 (לָהֵן);
Where the KJV renders it
- but
- except
- save
- therefore
- wherefore
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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